After three years away, US death metallers Abysmal Dawn make a triumphant return with new track ‘Inanimate’. The track is the first new material to appear from their forthcoming album ‘Obsolescence’ and can be streamed in full below.
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New live video from Black Moth
On the eve of the release of their second album ‘Condemned to Hope’, UK metallers Black Moth have a little something for you.
Below, you can watch a full live performance of the upcoming album’s opening track ‘Tumbleweave’, recorded at London’s Barfly earlier in 2014.
Evil Scarecrow: Pledge campaign news + tour dates
UK metallers Evil Scarecrow are looking for backers for their current pledge campaign.
Funding has begun for the band’s third album, entitled ‘Galactic Hunt’. Backers can purchase the album for £12, but for fans willing to dig a little deeper, the band have extra goodies up for grabs including t-shirts, personalised answer phone messages and even the opportunity to join the band for a run of seven acoustic shows.
Full details of the campaign can be found at the below link:
http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/evilscarecrowgalactichunt
The band also have a run of live dates confirmed for the rest of 2014 and a couple scheduled for early 2015:
NORTHERN OAK – Of Roots And Flesh
As far as metal-based subgenres are concerned, folk metal is often overlooked. While Skyclad are often viewed as that particular niche’s favourite sons (they have arguably been the most commercially successful), dozens of other bands have worked hard to make a place for themselves within the scene. Sheffield’s Northern Oak built a cult following after releasing their debut EP in 2008, eventually gaining critical acclaim from Terrorizer Magazine for their subsequently released albums. After releasing their second full-length album ‘Monuments’ in 2010, the band appeared at the Bloodstock Festival and concentrated on live work. Breaking a four year studio silence, ‘Of Roots and Flesh’ (recorded with Electric Wizard producer Chris Fielding and again self-released) is a very accomplished work, its dozen tracks creating a sprawling musical landscape; often dense, but always with just enough atmosphere to ensure nothing ever feels too overwhelming.
BLACK MOTH – Condemned To Hope
In 2011 Leeds-based stoner metal merchants Black Moth unveiled their debut album ‘The Killing Jar’, an excellent riff-based affair that impressed on first listen and thrilled on each subsequent play. The result was one of the year’s best metal releases. With their US equivalent Ruby The Hatchet releasing a strong and similarly themed debut the following year and Earthless releasing a giant, sprawling double set ‘From The Ages’ in 2013, the standard for doom and stoner grooves remained at an impressive high, thus giving Black Moth much to live up to upon their return.